Real estate agents in McKinney

TREC's License Holder Lookup shows whether someone holds an active Texas license, any discipline, their education and, for sales agents, the sponsoring broker. Every sales agent must act for a licensed broker, who is responsible for the agent's work, and must put your interests above their own. Agents must give you TREC's Information About Brokerage Services notice (IABS 1-2, effective January 1, 2026) at the first substantive talk about a property.

Commissions are set by your agreement with each professional, and TREC doesn't regulate them. If you only want to see one house, a broker may show it under a non-exclusive showing agreement of no more than 14 days. A complaint to TREC must be in writing and filed within four years.

The McKinney resale contract and option period

Agents must use TREC's promulgated forms; the resale contract is form 20-19, effective July 1, 2026. You pay an option fee for an unrestricted right to terminate within a set number of days, and deliver it and the earnest money to the escrow agent within 3 days of the effective date. Terminate in time and you lose the option fee but get the earnest money back.

Texas is a non-disclosure state: sale prices aren't reported to appraisal districts. Statewide, the Texas Real Estate Research Center put the median sale price at $339,000 in July 2026, unchanged from a year earlier; ask your agent for McKinney comparables. The Collin Central Appraisal District values the Collin County part of the city as of January 1 each year.

• Under Tax Code Sec. 11.13, as amended effective November 4, 2025, school districts must give a $140,000 residence homestead exemption, plus $60,000 more for owners 65 or older or disabled. Confirm what applies to your home with the Collin Central Appraisal District.
• Apply at the appraisal district, generally before May 1.
• A value protest is generally due by May 15 or 30 days after the notice, whichever is later; appeals go to the Collin Appraisal Review Board.
• Bills are generally due by January 31 of the following year, with penalty and interest from February 1.

A seller of a single-dwelling home must give you the Seller's Disclosure Notice on or before the contract's effective date; if it comes late, you may terminate within seven days of getting it. Look the address up on FEMA's Flood Map Service Center, and ask whether the lot is on septic and whether the city or Collin County permits the system. A termite report is covered on our McKinney pest control page.

This explains how Texas rules work; confirm details with a licensed real estate broker or tax adviser. More is in our Texas real estate guide, with Frisco real estate agents next door and local offices on the McKinney page.